Sundance Reno Round-Up
Sundance's 4-day CW dance weekend at the WGRF
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV
Wow, wow, wow! What an incredible weekend we had in Reno. Thanks to all who attended. It is really each of you who made this weekend so wonderful, with our common goal of creating a very special global community. Special thanks to our committee staff, volunteers, instructors, DJs, host sponsors ... and a special shout-out to our event sponsors: major sponsors Starlight Strut, IGRA, plus Hoedown In The Dunes, Dairyland Dancers, and Bill Severino.
If you want to access the web pages from the event, you can still do so with the button below, or directly at https://sundancesaloon.org/reno.html.
Sundance In The Castro - canceled
Saturday, October 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Noe Street near Market St, San Francisco
We are CANCELING our Sundance In The Castro event on Noe Street, originally scheduled for this Saturday, October 18. The No Kings march/rally is taking place at the same time, and we think that many of our usual attendees would choose the march. The Bearison Street Fair and the Boogie By The Bay west coast swing event are also occurring on the same day. We hope to be back next year!
Halloween at Sundance Saloon
Sunday, October 26
Sundance Saloon
Celebrate Halloween with Sundance Saloon! Costumes highly encouraged. Enter our costume contest, and win cash prizes: 1st place = $100, 2nd place = $50, 3rd place = $25.
We'll still have dance lessons as usual from 5:30 to 7:15 pm; then open dancing and ghoulish fun until 10:30 pm. Admission will remain the same as our usual: $7.
Intermediate West Coast Swing
with Shin Aoki
Sunday, October 26: 5:15–6:15 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft
Instructor Shin Aoki leads a one-hour workshop for intermediate west coast swing on the last Sunday of the month. Attendees should be *completely* comfortable with basic WCS patterns (e.g. side pass, underarm turn, tuck, basic whips).
Unlike most of our lessons in the loft, this class is drop-in, with no advance registration and no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission fee.
Thursday Late Line Dancing
Line dancing after 10:00 pm
A reminder that we have all line dancing by request from 10:00 to our 10:30 pm closing. Earlier in the night is our standard foramt of lessons followed by open country-western dancing with a mix of two-step, waltz, west coast swing, east coast swing, night club two-step, and line dancing.
- 6:00 pm - Doors open
- 6:45 pm - Partner dance lessons (intermediate and beginning in 2 rooms)
- 7:30 pm - Line dance lessons (intermediate and beginning in 2 rooms)
- 8:00 pm - Open dancing (the usual mix of two-step, line dance, waltz, swing)
- 10:00 pm - All line dancing by request
- 10:30 pm - Close
Line Dance Pro
Sundays (except 1st Sun of month) • 5:00–6:30 pm
Sundance Saloon • Back Room
Can't get enough line dancing? Line Dance Pro is an opportunity to increase your line dance abilities and challenge yourself with new line dances not included in our regular Sundance Saloon repertoire.
Our Line Dance Pro sessions run every Sunday in the Back Room of Sundance Saloon (except the first Sunday of the month)! Includes lessons starting at 5:15 pm, except the last Sunday of the month which features a line dance marathon. Check the Sundance Saloon instruction calendar for the schedule.
Clogging at Sundance Saloon
Thursdays • 6:30–8:30 pm [except 10/9, 10/30]
Sundance Saloon: Loft
The Barbary Coast Cloggers are bringing their clogging classes to Sundance Saloon every Thursday. Clogging lessons take place upstairs in the loft, while our regular programming of two-step and line dance lessons continues on the ground level.
The schedule is:
- 6:30-7:10 - Easy Level
- 7:10-7:50 - Intermediate Level
- 7:50-8:30 - Advanced Level
The classes are drop-in and there is no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission. NOTE: There will be no clogging on October 9 or October 30.
Volunteer Opportunities
Please help us! Sundance Saloon is a community effort, dependent on lots of people chipping in a little bit. We are always looking for more help. If you have not volunteered in the past, this is a great time to think about stepping in. You can become an integral part of what makes Sundance so special. Our needs at Sundance Saloon include set-up, front door, and coat-check. Shifts are generally one hour. No experience necessary.
OCTOBER SPECIAL EVENTS
- Castro Street Fair- Oct. 5 - done!
- Sundance Reno Round-Up - Oct. 9-12 - done!
- Sundance In The Castro - Oct. 18 - canceled
Supporting Sundance
As an all-volunteer, member- and community-supported organization, the Sundance Association depends on your support to keep thriving. The pandemic put an extra burden on our finances, and our needs are never-ending. There are many ways to help us, and not all of them involve monetary contributions:
- Become a member of the Sundance Association by pledging an annual tax-deductible donation.
- Come on down! Support us just by showing up.
- Introduce someone new to Sundance Saloon.
- Use our coat-check on Sundays.
- Put a dollar or two in one of our tip jars.
- See if your company offers matching donations or grants for volunteer time served.
- Remember Sundance in your estate planning.
- Volunteer!
- Social media! Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Share our posts. Share your own posts. Review us on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Tripadvisor.
